Card Player Digest: The Best of Card Player 1988-1994
 

Anyone have this book? Contributors include Mike Caro and Bob Ciaffone. Are there many articles about no-limit or pot-limit, or is it mostly limit? Also curious about how many articles Bob Ciaffone contributed. Thanks!

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Given the years, S&M are probably in there.

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Given the years, S&M are probably in there.

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I believe 100% of Mason's and David's articles belong to Mason and David. That's why you see them in books like Poker Essays. Card Player would have no right to republish them.

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I refused to contribute. In exchange for several articles they told me I would get a free book, so I declined.

Best wishes,
Mason

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lol @ 1 free book. That's generous for the Shulmans.

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lol @ 1 free book. That's generous for the Shulmans.

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Hi Mike:

This offer came from Linda Johnson, before the Shulmans had appeared. I think they also said something about mentioning Two Plus Two Publishing and our other books. But in any case, it had virtually no value for articles which had clear value.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Anyone have this book? Contributors include Mike Caro and Bob Ciaffone. Are there many articles about no-limit or pot-limit, or is it mostly limit? Also curious about how many articles Bob Ciaffone contributed. Thanks!

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I have perused this book. It appeared okay with noted authorities contributing such as Roy Cook and those you have named. There may be a little value in this for a collector or using the 'one good idea' criterion but you have to remember poker theory has come a loooooooooong way since 1994, to name one instance: the HOH series. I would give it a miss if I were you.

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This seems to be common in special-interest publishing. I've come across the same thing in other fields of writing, and I've responded as you did.

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I refused to contribute. In exchange for several articles they told me I would get a free book, so I declined.

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I bought this book at a library sale for $.10 today. (good deal eh?) I'm only four articles in, which were just about the history/evolution of poker, but its an entertaining read so far. I did see at least one article by Sklansky. I'll comment on the strategy content once I read it if there's any interest.

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1 Free book?? That is not compensation that is a pure insult. That is like leaving a waiter or waitress a penny as a tip!

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I bought this book at a library sale for $.10 today. (good deal eh?) I'm only four articles in, which were just about the history/evolution of poker, but its an entertaining read so far. I did see at least one article by Sklansky. I'll comment on the strategy content once I read it if there's any interest.

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If you don't mind, I'm curious as to how many articles Bob Ciaffone contributed and maybe a brief description of what they are about. I'm not much interested in limit hold'em and was wondering if all his articles are related to limit hold'em. Thanks...

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There are eight articles by Bob Ciaffone:

"Four Myths" - Talks about overvaluing confidence, aggression, etc. No specific NL content.

"How much should you bet" - Overbet with hands with bad reverse implied odds to win it 'now', overbet with TP+FD type hands.

"Position and the tactical raise" - 7stud strategy, cant comment, i've never played this game seriously.

"Reraising" - LHE strategy, again never played this game seriously

"How to play the current nuts" - half PLHE / half PLO. Pretty standard 'dont slowplay big vulnerable hands'.

"Bluffability" - Dont judge the value of your steals solely on the the tightness/looseness of your opponent. Dont bluff people who are stuck and tilting.

"Playing the nut straight in omaha" - no comment

"A tip on satelite play" - Shove liberally when your stack is only a few BBs

Overall, its not groundbreaking stuff and the content that is covered here is covered better elsewhere. Hope this helps.